Klein’s tele-town hall tab: $12,964.

by George Bennett | August 28th, 2009

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Final figures are in from the “telephone town hall” on health care that U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, hosted Wednesday night.

The 70-minute event drew 6,350 callers and cost $12,964. That’s $2.04 per participant.

The expenditure comes out of the $1.5 million office budget Klein gets as a member of Congress for staff salaries, travel and constituent-service costs.

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6 Responses to “Klein’s tele-town hall tab: $12,964.”

1. Riv Goshen Says:
   August 28th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   nice deal for the phone company

2. Fred Perry Says:
   August 28th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

   Run A Way Ron ducs direct contact with his constituents once again.

   He can run but can not hide.

   Allen West held a town hall meeting on healthcare two weeks ago…on a week night and six hundred people attended.

   Half a league
   Half a league
   Half a league onward
   Gallant six hundred

   Allen West is coming, Ron….Run A Way, Ron…Run A Way!

   Fred Perry
   An Angry Mob of One

3. Fred Perry Says:
   August 28th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   See this link on Allen West. Know the difference between Run A Way Ronny Klein and a REAL MAN:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dllRiR98Dw

4. Ed Fulop Says:
   August 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

   $13K for not-90 minutes on the phone? For someone who beats his chest and says “I’m a budget-hawk” every chance he gets, it doesn’t seem like very sound financial policy. I guess some people buy (into) things before they really understand the costs involved. Doesn’t bode well for our future under your leadership. Redeem yourself — stand side by side with your distinguished colleague Congressman Hastings this Thursday afternoon at the governmental center and face your constituency!!!

5. Smirking Says:
   August 30th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

   Had he held a real town hall, the tab for the police detail alone would have been a hell of a lot higher. He actually saved the taxpayers a boatload of money.

6. Rep. Klein Spends $13,000 of Taxpayer Money on Telephone Town Hall  | OpenMarket.org Says:
   August 31st, 2009 at 11:04 am

   [...] A politician wasting taxpayers’ money is generally not surprising. A congressman spending nearly $13,000 on a telephone town hall meeting, though, certainly is. [...]